"Are there more Doric speakers than gaelic spreakers. Im sure someone will have stats"

Are you meaning Doric (as in the dialect of the north-east) or the older use of Doric to mean Scots in general? The 2011 census did have for the first time a question on Scots though it appears to me that the use of Scots in the home seems way under-reported. For instance the amount of people who say they speak Scots in the home is 1.1% of the population so just more than double the figure who say they use Gaelic in the home. I suspect though that in reality the figure is only so low for Scots because of the way the question was asked. There were only two boxes to tick for languages which were "English" and "British Sign Language" so to put Scots in you had to actively decide to insert Scots in the 'other' box. I suspect that many people wouldn't think of putting anything in there thinking the question was asking about Gaelic or a foreign language. Had there been a box for "do you speak your area's local dialect in the home" then the figures would have been much higher.

For instance for the Borders out of a population of 100,000 plus it suggests only 1,218 people speak Scots in the home. I've lived here all my life and can safely say that figure is absurdedly low. 40 people say they speak Gaelic in the home.

I suspect what I've said above will apply to the other areas too. So 4,189 in Aberdeen City say they speak Scots in the home etc etc etc.

In another part of the census the more direct straightforward question was put saying can you speak or understand Scots etc. 30% of Scottish people – about 1.5 million said they could speak it.

So it is how long is a piece of string!